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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Congratulations, Christians of World Vision.
Congratulations. I mean that, O Christians running and supporting World Vision charities. Christians’ overwhelming desire to disapprove of human progress has finally outweighed your desire to do the stuff your Savior actually explicitly commanded you to do. You’ve finally shown … Continue reading
Recipe for a Fundamentalist.
Welcome to Captain Cassidy’s Kitchen! Today we are going to make one of the season’s top party dishes: fundamentalists! I know you’re all eager to learn, and trust me, it’s just a simple little recipe that you’ll be reaching for … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Feminism, Gaming, Hypocrisy, Religion, The Games We Play
Tagged Christianity, Christians Behaving Badly, cognitive biases, Cosmos, Denialism, Evangelical Christianity, Fundamentalism, Groundhog Day, Logical Fallacies, Psychology, religion, Religion and Spirituality, Science
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The Cosmic Freakout Over Cosmos.
I shouldn’t be surprised anymore about how poorly fundamentalists understand the word “faith.” They don’t have the faintest idea what it really means, so they tend to twist the word’s various false meanings around and around as necessary to try … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Hypocrisy, Religion, The Games We Play
Tagged Answers in Genesis, Biblical literalism, Bill Nye, Christianity, Christians Behaving Badly, Cosmos, creationism, Evangelical Christianity, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Intelligent Design, Michael Behe, Neil deGrasse Tyson, William Dembski, Young Earth creationism
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An Unfractured Fairy Tale About Listening.
Today’s story is about a space princess and the person who listened to her, and what happened afterward. Not too long ago, I wrote a piece calling attention to a group called Quiet Christians. The gentleman running it will be … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Feminism, Religion, The Games We Play
Tagged abortion, Apostasy in Christianity, Christianity, equal marriage, LGBT rights, Love, Quiet Christian, Women's rights
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The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: You’ve Got to Quit This Tone Trolling.
Today I saw an article about Kevin Sorbo, who has clearly ridden the short bus past his stop and ended up going all the way to Crazytown, talking about Bill Maher and dismissing him entirely because he sounds “angry” and … Continue reading
Love Is As Love Does.
Hi to the Redditors! I’m super-glad to see y’all and hope you’re enjoying being here. Please feel free to hang out as long as you like. Today I want to talk about love. I know we’ve talked before about how … Continue reading
Posted in Feminism, Hypocrisy, Religion, The Games We Play
Tagged bigotry, Christianity, equal marriage, Hate Speech, homophobia, Justin Lee, LGBT, Love
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Taking the Religion Out of the Ex-Christian.
You can take the person out of religion, but it’s sometimes much harder to get the religious tendencies out of the person. Some time ago, about five years after I’d left Christianity, I was reading online about some new anti-pornography … Continue reading
It’s Okay If You’re a Christian.
Today we’re going to talk about how, to toxic Christians, the only moral lie is their lie. I’ve said before that Christians–especially the toxic sort we discuss often on this blog (btw, for the persecution-fantasizing Christians at the national-level Republican … Continue reading
Roll to Disbelieve 